Justice minister to challenge cancelling verdict in Rath case

Czech Justice Minister Robert Pelikan has said he will file a complaint
with the Supreme Court against the cancellation of a verdict in the
corruption case of former Social Democrat governor of Central Bohemia David
Rath. The Prague High Court cancelled the verdict on the grounds that it
was based on the unlawful use of wiretappings. It returned the case to the
Regional Court which will not be able to use the wiretapping recordings as
evidence in new proceedings. The Regional Court sentenced Rath to 8.5 years
in prison and the forfeiture of some 20 million crowns for corruption in
July 2015.